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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-21

English SPAWN Liniment removes
all Hard, Soft, or CallOused Lumps
and Blemishes from horses, Blood
SPAWN, Curbs, Splints. Sweeney, Sti-
fies, Sprains, Sore and Swollen throat.
Coughs, etc. Save $50 by use of one
bottle. Warranted. Sold by Belding
& Gibbons, Druggists, Ravenns, o.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-21
The Warren Ready
Mixed Paints
Are sold in Portage County by

Are sold in Portage County by
BELDING & GIBBONS. Ravenna;
G.. w. Bow, Rootstown; H
J. d. DAVIS, Kent;
A. A. GALBRAITH, Mantua;
D. d. DAVIS, Edinburg, and others.
The attention of the citizens of the
above towns ana the farmers of the
surrounding country is called to these
pure and justly celebrated Paints. If
you want the BEST. the MOST DURABLE
and ECONOMICAL Paint in the market,
get the Warren Paint. The GUARAN-
TEE to IRE paint your building, free of
charge, or refund the money if not
is not by a Company
away in Boston or st. Louis, but by a
responsible Company, near home.
J. WOODRUFF,
97l-5w General Agent for Ohio.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-21

On the morning of the 18th inst.
st. Augustine, Fla was visited by y
destructive fire, which swept away the
buildings on two blocks in the heart
of the city. The loss is estimated at
from $4,000 to 100000. The fire
originated in the engine room of the
st. Augustine Hotel. Two lives are
reported lost-a guest, and chamber
maid of the hotel.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-21

AT a recent meeting in San Francis
co of California wool men for the pur.
pose of taking action to induce the
Interstate Commerce Commission to
suspend section four of the interstate
commerce law, SO far as it relates to
wool, committee was appointed to
collect necessary information as to its
bearing upon the wool interests of
that State, and forward it to the Com
mission. Under the present interpre
tation of the law, the rate on wool to
New York and Boston is 1919 the
old rate being but 6O4 cents per hun
dred pounds. 1t was claimed that if
the new rate is maintained, the wool
industry of California will be destroy
ed, as the surplus product could not
be sent East with profit.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-21

ITCH AND SCRATCHES of every kind
cured in 80 minutes by WOeLFORD's
SANITARY LOTION. Use no other.
This never fails. Sold by Belding 4
Gibbons, Druggists, Ravenna, O.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-21
WITH OUR FELLOW TOwNsMAN
D. c.. COOLMA

HIS OPINION OF THE SITUATION
THE COURSE OF PRESIDENT CLEVE
LAND CORDIALLY ENDORSED.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-21
POSITION THE DEMOCRACY SHOULD
AssUME-THE TARIFF ABLY AND
FEARLEssLY DISCUSSED. HIS
CHOICE FOR GOVERNOR IS
sTHENoBLEsT ROMAN OF THEM ALL
ALLEN G. THURMAN

WITH POWELL, CAMPBELL, FORAN
GEnDEs ANDOTHERs IN THE FIELD.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-21
POLITICS..
INTERVIEW

AND STATE :.
, 1887-02-19

Much has been written lately regarding the
reason why there are no great female com
posers. There can be no doubt that, In other
arts besides music, women have achieved but
little that can lay claim to immortal fame
Perhaps the principal reason OF this Is that
their affections are too exclusively personal.
A girl will assiduously practice on the piano
us long as that will assist her in fascinating
her suitors. But how many women outside
the ranks of teachers continue their practice
after marriage from the impersonal love of
music itself I Needless to say they have no
time; for every hour devoted to emotional
refreshment strengthens the nerves for two
hours OF extra labor.
No doubt there Is something comic in the
ardent affection with which n professor mugs
his pet theory regarding the Greek native, or
the origin of honey in flowers, and in the fe-
roclty with which he will defend 1t against
his friends, II they happen to oppose it. But
such complete devotion to abstract theories Is
absolutely necessary to the discovery OF orig
inal ideas: and, as women are rarely able OF
willing to emerge from the haunts OF per-
sonnl emotion, this explains why they have
achieved greatness in hardly any art but
novel writing, which is chiefly concerned with
personal emotions. Among great performers,
on the other hand, there are as many talented
women as men, If not more. But 1t Is n Gu
rious fact that even the best lady pianists
seldom learn to improvise In an interesting
manner. A malicious bachelor has suggested
that II, in teaching harmony, the chords were
made personal by calling them "Charlie" ana
aWilliam" instead Of "tonic" and "domi-
nant," women would soon learn to improvise
Observation-Disclosures Musician.
, 1887-02-19
could have separate models for them.-Baby.


Farmers are sometimes very lnconsidernse
in the treatment of their sons. Without
meaning any harm they impose labor upon
boys which should be the work of men. Now
the physical energies of u growing boy have
already an important work allotted to them,
that OF building up a strong, healthy organi-
zation. The vital force cannot be exerted in
making muscles and bone, and at the same
time be expended in a hard days work in the
cornfleld. We have seen many instances of
boys being stunted and dwarfed because they
were overworked by an unconscious father.
When work is crowding in the fields there is
n strong temptation to utilize every muscle.
to provide means for the growing hogs at the
expense of his own growing boy. This is
oil wrong. A farmer would not for an in
stant think of Harvesting his 6-months old
colt and hitching him to a pillow, and why
should not the growing boy have the same
thoughtful consideration Don't overworls
tho boys. They are oil the material we have
to make men of.-Atlanta Constitution.
, 1887-02-19

IL parents were Us sure of their children as
the farmer is of his cabbages, there ought to
be no doubt on this point, because the expert
ence of the parent ought to indicate Mt onc'
the proper treatment for the mertni disorder
assuming that all w~ioAedness Is a mental DIS
orde-. rnt. Is "A matter Of fact, boyoften do
we punish on scieniae principles.
II wbSinhg is found 10 make Arthur an
angel for several hours or days, the chances
nre that when Lilly comes upon the scene the
efficacy OF whipping will be so well established
IA the parents mind that she will get u Ger
tain amount of whipping to no good, and that
tho failure Of the punishment will DO ascribed
to stubbornness, which calls only for n double
dose.
Perhaps the following plan, which adopted
experimentally some time ago, may commend
itself to some parents, even though l have no
wonderful results to offer. III an old account
book | have n few pages devoted to my chill
dren; in the part devoted to each child l note
the ofrense under the proper date, the punish
ment adopted, or punishments if the first has
not proved sufficient, and the results. For
instance, on such n day | find that Lilly, aged
4, got at the shoe backing bottle, soiled her
own hands and the baby's frock. Punish
ment: No cake at luncheon. Tears, but no
expression OF remorse. Twelve days after,
according to the ledger, Lilly tried the polish
bottle again; this time she was compelled to
wash her own hands until the last vestige Of
backing had disappeared. 1t took her half
an hour, and there is ne record OF a repetition
OF the offenSe- Philip G.. Hubert Ia Baby
ba.f-
, 1887-02-19

phTsique, who, having for a year or two
undertaken to combine too many an1ieties
for Instance, a bread earning occupation nnG
tho study of a profession-have taken to their
bed in utter helplessncss and frequent tears,
and remained there for years More pangs
and fears than wars or women have" were
their penalty for an over taxation OF the
nervous system. The fnct TINT, as the life
insurance companies tell us, women on Inc
whole outlive men, seems to indicate that
their nerves, if more sensitive than those of
men, are more elastic, and offer n better re
~sistance to the wear and tear of events: for
we must remember that 1t Is not tho great
things of lifo which prove ~cxlausting, but the
small ones, because these call out less in the
way OF resources to meet them, just as people
take cold moro readily after a warm bath
than after a cold one. for want OF q reaction.
"You cannot seriously maintain" said a
clever woman once to me, that any cares OF
political or business life Gun be 80 wearing, on
the whole, as the task Of cooking u dinner. y
Then size proceeded to explain how the COOK,
before every dinner, had to deal with n dozen
different articles OF food, nc two OF which
had TO be prepared III tho same manner, or
manipulated with the same touch. or exposed
to the same degree and kind OF heat, or cooked
for the same length of time; that tho cook
had constantly to be going from one 10 the
other, and keeping all in mind; and that, to
bring them all out in readiness at the ap-
pointed time, neither underdonc or overdone,
neither slackbaked nor burned. neither too
cold nor too hot-thnt this WINS Ill achieve
ment worthy OF demigods and heroes. And
| was quite inclined, at length, to DO CON
WINGED; certainly it was much easier for me
to own myself convinced than it would have
been to cook the dinner IT W. Higginson in
Hnrncf,s Baznr
, 1887-02-19

What truly beautiful world we live I'M
Nature gives us grandeur OF mountains,
glens and oceans, and thousands OF means
Of enjoyment. We can desire no better
when in perfect health; but how often do
the majority of people feel like giving it
up disheartened. discouraged aud worn
out with disease, when there is no occa-
sion for this feeling, as every sufferer can
easily obtain satisfactory proof. that
Gron's august FHo,oer will make them
free from disease. as when born. Dys-
pepsia and Liver Complaint are the direct
causes of 10 per cent OF such malsdiesbs
Biliousness, Indigestion, Sick ii hdade,
Costiveness. Nervous Prostratic =, Dhzi-
ness of the Head, P~alpitation of the
Heart. and other distressing symptoms.
Three doses OF august Flo,cer will prove
its wonderful effect. Sample BStiles. ten
cents. Try IT,
, 1887-02-19

have used for many years u little device
which has prevented shrinking in my chill
dren's stockings, and may be OF use to other
mothers. Draw the shape OF your child's
stocking on n piece of paper; then have this
shape cut from u half inch board, planned and
nicely rounded and smoothed Off at tho
edges. Bore a hole in the top and put in T.
loop OF string. Stretch the children's
washed stockings, while wet, over this
form, and hang by the loop in some warm
place to dry. Several stockings can be dried
on one form, over each other, but of course
the drying is slower. l have two forms made
for each size of stocking. Models OF a similar
kind can be used for drying children's wooden
undershirts- l hnve known those already
shruns brought back nearly to their original
size in this way. These models should be
merely the shape of the body, since forcing
them into the sleeves would be apt to tear the
shirt. II we wish to stretch tho sleeves we
, 1887-02-19
WOMAN AND HOME.
TAXING THE FAULTS AND lNout.-
GeNCES OF THE FAMILY.

Nv. HeaIth-Thcughts on Women.
Good Mcat-Ner,ous rrosiration-run-
i,hins ChiIdren-For Tcachcr--Ien-
min. yiew-Notes aud Paragraphs.
The saving of IA few pennies here and there
ia the household expenses will in time give re
$ o.. uch as no housekeeper who has not tried
the plnn would believe. An excellent LITTLE
ir. her OF a large family uptown keeps n
De- ic bans on the sitting room mantel into
..i.h Is dropped Il penny each time a slang
,.o-l is used. u dish broken, a hat or coat
ft.t,s rarelcssiy on n chair, or any other rule
oi tho. house disobcyed- In this way a neat
r'it, .itn Of perhaps u dollar is collected each
rpAih. and this Is always used to buy some
thing 10 beautify their modest little apart
n.i Last month it was n low crimson
iali.i ior the parlor lamp, and the month be-
fore materials for u handsome sofa cushion,
made by tho oldest daughter
4 Younger houselseeper has found "a way
I'm a. lot altogether new, that gives her
m.ur rirtty articles each year. Every even
III. ID. better half must confess how much
hr len. spent ON cigars OF tobacco, and de
Ip,it n .imilar nmount in a pretty little box
II size inlulgcs in candy she hands back from
the box the amount she has spent on the
sweets. For the first four months OF her
married life she only made about ID cents II
day; now she collects from 40 to 80 cents
regularly, and as she only eats a pound of 90
cent candy "a week her gains are considerable
Last month they were over sl4 Even lOcents
eacll day Wound IN a year amount to the neat
sum Of 30. 10, and 1t seems only fair that the
wife should be allowed the Same amount for
personal Injuries, especially when she does
not use it in health destroying tobacco.
There are any number of ways, in which
taxes, very light of course, may be levied on
the member OF the home to the advantage of
all. Every time the head of the house is late
for supper tax one penny, every time the
mistress forgets to sew on buttons, when the
want has been brought to her knowledge,
she must also forfeit a penny. Finding fault
with the coffee, being cross to the children
changing servant girls or washwomen oftener
than once a month, bringing company home
to dinner without the knowledge and per
mission of the mistress, sleeping until after
church time on Sundays, forgetting errands
and all such light but trying sins should be
paid for and the money used for the advan-
tage of the family. Two or three good
magazines, pictures, books and even a piano
might be purchased with such a fund New
York Journal.
, 1887-02-19

The potency of II gracious manner was
shown notably u few years ago by an Incl
dent which occurred in one of our large cities.
A young girl who had been a seamstress mar
ried tho son OF u wealthy and influential
family. Her husband brought her home while
his mother and sisters, with a large number of
guests, were at their country seat. 1t was re-
solved before tho bride arrived that she
should be taught to know her place." that
she must be taught to realize that, although
In the family, she was not OF it.
The house was filed with experienced
women of society, skilled in every method of
administering snubs, from the singing sar-
casm to the smile OF icy civility. TIL little
woman who was their intended victim had
neither birth, fortune, experience, nor even
education to defend her. But she had a sim
pie, self Prospecting manner, softened by the
most exquisite courtesy.
ut was an armor of proof said a specta-
tor. IF they insulted or snubbed her, she
was apparently unconscious of it, and
turned to them with the Same gracious, cor
dial blindness. She conquered. Tho dullest
woman among her enemies at last understood
that the poor little girl was better bred b
herself
, 1887-02-19

My advice to women is possibly worthless
and without merit. But this is 1t;
II there is anything you want to do, do it,
or do the next best thing.
Do not expect that when misfortune comes
to you that the whole world Is going to drop
its shovel and come and ask you "what you
would like" II you think the world owes
you n living, go ahead and make it. It's
there.
If you are u workingwoman of greater or
less degree, don't wear the fact on a placard
like a leper. The world does not like it.
II you have a shadow Of a roof tree to fly
to, fly there and stay beneath it. =
And above all. bring up your girls, II God
is good enough to give you such, to think the
same.-Fannie B. Merrill in New York
Graphic.
, 1887-02-19

"o.,an's Thoughts ON M
have been sitting by tho fire knitting and
thinking, trying TO plan out something for
the future, until In sheer WEAKNESS | stop
and come to the conclusion TINT too much
thinking is not good for a woman. They say
She jumps at conclusions and gains the same
result that man arrives at by laborious effort.
| feel sure | was nearer right on tho subject
AN hour ago than | am now, after trying to
SEQ all sides OF it, and losing my courage over
it, dangers. | call to mind Mary Lyon, the
founder Of Mount Holyoke Female seminary,
and her rule Of action which she taught her
pupils. Walk straight in the path OF duty,
satisiied to sec ono step at a time, and trust
that light will come for the next step and
she assured them from her own experience
that light always came. Mary Lyons nature
was n strong, rugged one, Of the true New
England type, and her brave spirit did
not shrink II the light disclosed sharp rocks
Tor her feet instead OF tender grass; but she
reached her goal OF great usefulness to other
women, and gave them a health and strength
TINT has been, and will be, handed down to
many generations. Her rule p~resupposes u
strong faith in overruling spiritual agencies,
and also IA firm adherence to duty, whether
pleasant or painful. VIII it apply TO the
present generation and help US, for instance,
in rearing u large family OF children upon a
limited income, win it decide the question
of what our young men and maidens shall do
when they come TO the fork in the road where
they must choose for themselves VIII 1t do
eide for Us, when our work for them seems
done for the present. They are gone from
Us, and yet we are not quite ready to curl up
IN the chimney corner and rest Lucy Hol-
brook in Herald OF Health.
, 1887-02-19

Al notice. said a lady friend the other day
"that some fool man has invented a collapsing
hat tor ladies to wear to public entertain
ments. He might have saved himself his
pabns. Women wear high hats simply be.
cause they are the fashion. Beauty or ugli
ness, comfort or convenience has nothing tc
do with the question. The collapsing hat is
not fashionable, and that settles it. 1 dom
know whero our fashions come from or who
sets them, but / know we don't. American
women have nothing to do but blindly follow
and / tell you now, in all seriousness, that al
tho talk in newspapers and the indignation OF
tho public has not done u particle of good
The high hats will go when the fsssi9i
changes and not a day before. Philadelphii
Call
, 1887-02-19

Nervous Debility. Seminal Weakness,
Exhausted Vitality, Lost MdnhoOd, and
all the terrible effects OF self labuse and
excuses in maturer years. such as noe
turnal emissions, loss of memory, dimness
of vision, aversion to society, the vital
fluid passing unobserved in the urine and
other symptoms that lead to insanity and
death. Yang and Middle Aged Men
suffering from the above should consult us
at once. Cure guaranteed in all such
cases. CONSULT ATION FREE.
Chemical analysis, including thorough
microscope, examinations of the urine, s..
An honest opinion given in all cases. We
furnish The Great English Remedy, Sn
Ashy looper's Vital Restorative, at So a
bottle, or four times the quantity $40
SAMPLE BOTTLE FHEE
to anyone stating symptoms, sex and age.
Address English Medical Dspensarg, No.
II Kedrnu ST, San Francisco, Cain.
, 1887-02-19
SKIN
Ears and ScaID Covered with ECze-
mat0us Scabs and Sores
Cured BY Cuticura.

ANY little son, aged s years, has been
afflicted with eczema of the scalp,
and at times a great portion of the body,
ever since he was . years old. 1t began in
his ears and extended to his scalp, which
became covered with scabs and sores and
from which n sticky fluid poured out,
causing intense itching and distress and
leaving his hair matted and l%teless.
Underneath these scabs the skin was raw
like a piece of beefsreak. Gradually the
hair came out and was destroyed until but
a small patch was left atthe back of the
head. My friends in Peabody know how
my little boy has suffered. AT nigh: he
would scratch his head until his pillow was
covered with blood. / used to tie his
hands behind him and in many way tried
to prevent his scratching. but II was no
use, he would scratch. | took him to the
hospital and to the best physicians in Pea
BODY without success. About this limo
some iiien.s Eho had been cured by the
Cuticura Remedies prevailed upon me to
try them. | began TO use them on the
18th of January last. In seven months
every particle of the disease was removed.
Not a spot or scab remains on his scalp to
tell the story of his suffering. His hair
has returned and is thick and strong. and
his scalp as sweet and clean as any child
in the world. | cannot say enough to
express my gratitude for this wonderful
cure by the Cuticura Remedies and wish
all similarly afflicted to know that my
statement is true and without exaggera.
tion. CHAhLtJ MCKAY,
Oct. 6. 1878. Peabody, Mass.
1 have seen Mr.. McKay's boy when
badly affected with the eczema. He was
a piiiful sight to look at. ! know that he
has tried our best physicians and did all a
father could do for a suffering child, but
availed nothing. know that the state
mcnts he has made you as regards the
curing of his boy by your Cuticura Rene
tlarc true in every particular.
WILLIAM j. MCCARTHY,
SO Foster street, Peabody, Mass.
lold everywhere. Price; Cuticura, SOC;
licuna Soap, 25c; Cuticura Resolvcnt,
Prepared by the Potter Drug and
iemicai Co.. Boston Mas.
jend for "How TO Cure Skin Diseases"
yIMPLES, blackheads, skin blemishes,
and baby humors cured by Cuticura
Soap.
, 1887-02-19

DIR. Letheby lays down the following sim
pie rules for the guidance OF those in search
OF good meat:
1t is neither of II pale pink nor of n deel
purple tint.
1t has a marked appearance from the RANT
fication of little veins of fat among the
muscles.
1t should be firm and elastic to the touch
Bad meat is wet, sodden and fabby, with the
fat looking like jelly or wet parchment.
1t should nave little or no odor, and tn,
odor should not be disagreeable. Diseased
meat has a sickly, cadaverous smell, and
sometimes a smell of physic. This is discov.
erablo IL the meat is chopped and drenched
with warm water.
1t should not shrink or waste much in cook
ing.-Herald of Health.
, 1887-02-19

a. -~-~reSSc2Sahf writes to Tue Boston
transcript calling attention to l4e fact that
in this country window shades are frequently
left up after the lamps are lit. Allow very
odd" he says, "this would seem to an Eng
lishmanl The moment u lamp is lighted in
an Englishman's house, in town or country,
down goes the curtain. An American has
seemingly none Of that nice sense Of privacy
that the Englishman owns. He can sit in the
bosom of his family, eat, drink, be merry,
dandle his child upon his knee, poke his fire,
read his paper, all uncurtained to the out
sid. tyorl1 ~
, 1887-02-19

A Rangoon English journal recently, in
discussing the education OF European girls in
the far east, made n strong plea for the teach
ing of cooking and housekeeping in the
schools. 1t declared that the general disin-
clination to marry among young men in the
civil service who are living on a fixed salary
was attributable largely to the fact that the
young women were unable to do any house
work, or even to direct properly the servants
of a household .-Harper's Bazaar.